Meta has hit the brakes on its plans to open up the operating system that powers its Quest headsets to third-party manufacturers. First announced last year alongside the Horizon OS rebrand, the ...

Meta has confirmed that its plans to bring Horizon OS, the software on Quest headsets, to third-party devices have been paused, which is probably great news for Android XR. In 2024, Meta announced ...

Meta announced in early 2024 it was planning to release Horizon OS beyond Quest in an apparent bid to become the ‘open’ alternative to Apple’s staunchly monolithic Vision OS. While this year’s big ...

Meta already has a way to watch your own content on Quest, although browsing through a file system and viewing on a windowed panel is decidedly less immersive than a proper home theater. Now the ...

Meta has released a new version of the Quest operating system, Horizon OS, which brings a handful of improvements to the Quest 3, Quest 3S and Quest 2. The 74.0 Horizon OS update has arrived, and ...

Last year, Meta introduced Horizon OS, its new branding for Meta Quest OS. The plan was to license Horizon OS to hardware partners, with ASUS and Lenovo initially confirmed as two. Meta now says those ...

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Meta may be working on a new feature that will let you easily share what you see in apps through, for example, a Quest 3 headset. As spotted by UploadVR, a VR enthusiast posting on X claims to have ...

The move reflects Meta’s strategy to prioritise scale through mobile rather than niche VR social adoption Reality Labs is “right-sizing” spending while continuing to back VR hardware development The ...

Mobile-only worlds expanded from 0 to 2,000+ in a single year. Four creators surpassed $1m in lifetime revenue on Worlds. Nearly 100 creators earned six-figure sums in 2025. Meta is reshaping its ...